Come, walk with me, There's only thee To bless my spirit now - We used to love on winter nightsTo wander through the snow; Can we not woo back old delights?The clouds rush dark and wild They fleck with shade our mountain heightsThe same as long ago And on the horizon rest at lastIn looming masses piled; While moonbeams flash and fly so fastWe scarce can say they smiled -

Come walk with me, come walk with me;We were not once so fewBut Death has stolen our companyAs sunshine steals the dew -He took them one by one and we Are left the only two; So closer would my feelings twineBecause they have no stay but thine -

'Nay call me not - it may not beIs human love so true? Can Friendship's flower droop on for yearsAnd then revive anew? No, though the soil be wet with tears, How fair soe'er it grewThe vital sap once perishedWill never flow again And surer than that dwelling dread,The narrow dungeon of the dead Time parts the hearts of men -'